Combined ash can and sifter.



A. E. MOORE.

cor/1min ASH CAN AND SIFTER,

,PPUCM'ION FILED APR. 4, V916.

Patent@ Dec. 26,1916.

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COMBINED ASH CAN AND SIFTER.

APPucATloN FILED APR.4,1915.

l,m-3%7 Patented Dee. 26, w16.

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Y g4/Wenko@ dal'. More @Wi/bueno@ ADA E. MOORE, OF ST. ANTHONY, IDAHO.

COMBINED ASH CAN AND SIFTER.

Application led April 4, 1916.

To all 'whom t may concern.' f

Be it known that I, ADA E. Moonn, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Anthony, in the county of Fremont and State of Idaho,have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Ash Cans andSifters, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a combined ash can and sifter.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a can and sifterof this character `wherein an ash or coal receptacle can be placedtherein and dumped for the sifting of the contents without the escape ofdust from the can, thereby obviating the scattering of dust and dirtduring the sifting operation of ashes or coke in the use of the can.

Another object of theinvention is the provision of a can of thischaracter wherein the lhanger for an ash or coal receptacle is readilyadjusted so that diiferent sizes of receptacles can be placed within thecan and dumped for discharging its contents into the sifter which,whenractuated, will thoroughly sift the ashes, cinders or coal.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an ash can andvsifter of this character wherein the construction thereof is novel inform so as to eliminate dust anddirt when in the act of sifting ashes,cinders, coal or the like, and also which is readily operated for thedumping of the contents of the receptacle into the sifter and also forthe sifting of said contents.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a can or sifter ofthis character which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable andefficient in operation, strong, durable and inexpensive in manufacture.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part hereinafter set forth.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and the scope ofthe application of which will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a canconstructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2- is a top plan viewthereof, with the cover or lid removed; Fig. 3 is a sectional view onthe line 3 3, ,Of Fig. l, showing by full Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Deo. 26, 1916.

Serial No. 88,895.

lines a receptacle held within the can and by dotted lines the dumpingposition of said receptacle; Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4 4of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the hanger removed from thecan; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the agitator removed from thesifter; Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the can, with the sifter and hangerremoved therefrom.

Similar reference characters indicate correspondingparts throughout theseveral views of the drawings.

Referring to thel drawings in detail, A designates a cylindrical bodyconstituting the can and B the removable lid or cover which istelescoped upon the body A for the closing thereof, the body A beingprovided at diametrically opposite points with loop handles 5 to permitthe carrying of the can from one point to another and likewise the lidor cover B is provided with a loop handle 6 which permits the convenientplacing of the lid or cover upon the body or its removal therefrom.

Mounted on the body A interiorly thereof, spaced from the bottom of thesame, are spaced brackets 7 for supportingffa sifter 8' formed with areticulated orv foraminous bottom 9, upon which works a ring-likeagitator 10 having a threaded eye 11 with which detachably engages thethreaded end 12 of an operating handle 13, the same being passed througha suitable opening 14 formed in the side of the sifter 8 and alsothrough a suitable opening 15 formed in the body A, these openings 14and 15 being in registration with each other to receive the handle 13which is formed with a looped outer end 16 so that it can be readilyreciprocated for the working of the agitator 10 within the sifter 8,whereby the contents of the sifter will be thoroughly sifted during theworking of the agitator. On detaching the threaded end 12 of the handle13 from the eye 11 of the agitator 10 the said handle can be removedfrom the openings 15 and 16 and also the agitator 10 can be removed fromthe sifter and, likewise, the sifter 8 removed from the body A of thecan so that the can can be dumped for the discharge of its contents.

Formed in the mouth edge of the body A at diametrically opposite pointsand opening through the said edge are slots 17 for detachably receivinga receptacle hanger or dumper which comprises a frame 18, the

straight parallel rods 19 of which havemovably fitted thereon slides 20which are adjustable relative to each other and carry adjustable screws21 on which are swiveled hook-like clamps 22 adapted' to engage the wallof a receptacle containing ashes, cinders, coal or the like for thefastening of the said receptacle upon the frame 18 to permit the.dumping thereof for the discharge of its contents into the sifter. Theends of the frame 18 are formed with trunnions 23 which detachably litin the slots 17 for rotatably mounting the frame in the body A of thecan, one of the trunnions 23 being fitted with a ring 24 constituting ahandle so that the frame can be rotated for the dumping of thereceptacle fastened thereon. 0n removal of the trnnnions 23 from theslots 17 the hanger and dumper can be readily takcn from the body A ofthe can.

The lid or cover B is of a height sufficient to permit the turning of areceptacle by the frame 18 when rotated, so that the contents of thereceptacle can be dumped into the sifter 8 within the can, and onoperating the agitator 10 in the sifter 8 the said contents Y will bethroughly sifted without possibility of the escape of dust or dirt fromthe can during the sifting operation.

The adjustability of the slides 2O on the rods 19 of the frame 18permits the positioning ofthe clamps 22 sothat the same will engagedifferent sizes of receptacles or pans containing ashes, cinders, coalor the like to bev dumped into the sifter when the can is closed. p p

Fromthe foregoing description, taken Ain connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and manner of operation of theherein described ash can and sifter will be thoroughly understood and,therefore, a more extended explanation has been omitted. f v

Having thus described my invention, I claim: Y

1. The combination with a receptacle adapted to be supported in a can,of a supporting frame having spaced parallel side guide rods andtrunnions at opposite ends for detachable and rotatable engagement indiametrically opposite points of the can, slides movable on the rods,adjusting screws threaded centrally in the slides, cross pieces swiveledon the adjusting screws, and jaw clamps carried by the cross pieces,leach being formed from a relatively stiff wire.

2. The combination with a can having a plurality of bracketsl interiorlythereof forming a bearing, of a sifter body remove ably engaged with thebearings and having a foraminous bottom, a ring-like member v movableover the bottom, a wire wrapped about the ring-like member and. forminga triangle centrally thereof, said ring-like' member having a threadedeye2 and a lever slidable through the can and slfter and Vdctachablyengaged in the threaded end.

In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

v ADA E. MOORE.

Witnesses l WM. E. DAILY, ARTHUR ALLEN.

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